Improvement in dice-boxes



A.'WALKER.

DICE-BOX.

Patented J'an. 4, 1876.

N. PETERS. PHG? 'FUNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALFRED WALKER, OFNEW"HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN `DICE-BOXES.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,707, dated January4, 1876; application led November 16, 1875. Y

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED WALKER, of New Haven, in the county ot' NewHaven and State ot' Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inDice-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part ot this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure l, perspective View; Fig. 2, vertical central section 5 Fig. 3,one of the wires detached; Fig. 4, the binding-ring detached.

This invention relates to an irnprovementin boxes for throwing dice, theobject being to constantly retain the dice in the box, and yet allow thenecessary shaking and properly expose the dice when set; and it consistsin a pair ot' tlat disks, forming two heads, connected by an open-Workcasing, whereby the box may be set upon either head and the dice exposedon the lower head, and so that simply inverting the box to throw thedice to the other head will give the necessary agitation, as more fullyhereinafter described.

A is one disk or head, and B the other. These heads are connected bywires a, the ends d turned inward, so as to be setinto correspondingperforations in the respective heads or disks. These wires are madesubstantially straight, as seen in Fig.3, and after one end has beeninserted into its disk, a ring, C, preferably of less, but may be thesame diameter of the disks, is placed over the Wires to the center, andthen the other head placed in position, the ends of the wire at this endinserted into their proper relative position or respective perforationsin the head. The ring C, being smaller,

contracts or springs inward the wir'es, so as to freely bind them inposition, and thus secure the heads together, and give t'o the boxsubstantially the form of the common dice-box. These wires expose thedice within the box, which it will be understood are/placed therebef'ore the last head is set. The box may be shaken in the usual mannerfor shaking dice boxes to agitate the dice, and when set or held in avertical position the dice will be exposed on the lower head, so as tobe clearly seen through the sides, and by simply inverting the box, soas to throw the dice to the opposite end, sntlcient agitation will begiven to the dice in falling from one head to the other.

While preferringa series of wires for the sides of the box, othermaterial capable of simivlar attachment may be used.

I claiml. `A dice-box consisting of the two flat disks or heads A B,connected by an openwork case arranged to expose the dice on eitherhead, according to the position in which the JOHN E. EAELE, CLARABRoUGHToN.

